This section should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Cambium Learning Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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Our Company

We are one of the largest providers of proprietary intervention curricula, educational technologies, professional services and other research-based education solutions for students in the Pre-K through 12th grade education market in the United States. The intervention market, where we focus, provides supplemental education solutions to at-risk and special education students. We offer a distinctive, blended intervention solution that combines different forms of instruction techniques, including textbooks, education games, data management, teacher training and student centric e-learning solutions. We believe that our approach builds a more comprehensive and effective instructional model that combines teacher-led instruction and student directed technology and that this approach sets us apart from our competitors and yields better student outcomes for at-risk students.

Our mission is to deliver educational solutions, primarily focused on reading and math, which enable the most challenged learners to reach grade level academic standards. We take a holistic approach to learning and our intervention solutions address both the behavioral and cognitive needs of the students we serve. We believe our specific focus on the Pre-K through 12th grade intervention market compared to those companies focused primarily on the core education market gives us a competitive edge relative to our peers. Further, our products and services are highly results-oriented and enable school districts across the country to improve student performance and better satisfy rigorous accountability standards.

Our research-based intervention programs have demonstrated consistent success with at-risk and special education student populations and have established us as one of the most readily recognized companies focused on serving this market. We operate in three reportable business segments: Voyager Learning, a comprehensive intervention business; Sopris Learning, a supplemental solutions education business; and Cambium Learning Technologies ("CLT"), a technology-based education business.

Unallocated shared services, such as accounting, legal, human resources and corporate related items, are recorded in a "Shared Services" category. Depreciation and amortization expense, goodwill impairment, interest income and expense, other income and expense, and taxes are included in this category.

Overview

Our customers fund their operations with state and local funding which is primarily determined by sales and property taxes. However, programs and funding sources used to procure our products draw both from federal funding sources and state and local sources. Regardless of the source of the funds used by our customers, funding levels in general have a direct impact on our customer's ability to purchase our products. The primary federal funding programs used by customers for our products are Title 1 and IDEA. Both of these funding programs have consistently risen over the long term since their inception. In 2010 and 2011, these two key funding sources received a substantial boost from the ARRA stimulus program. These ARRA funds expired on September 1, 2011.

We expect declines in overall available funding for 2012 compared to 2011 due to continued strain on state budgets and the expiration of ARRA without a corresponding increase in any other major funding source. Based on the most recently submitted federal budgets, federal funding for Title 1 and IDEA, without the ARRA funds, were proposed at substantially the same level as 2011. Race to the Top, President Obama's signature school reform program, has requested $850 million under the budget proposal. A large portion of that sum would go to early learning and focus on helping states and local districts support reforms and innovations to close achievement gaps and increase student achievement. At the state and local funding level we expect challenges similar to 2011 as states continue to face fiscal challenges and constraints. However, trends emerging from state governors' reports indicate fewer and more modest anticipated declines in K-12 education funding versus cuts in 2010 and 2011.

In light of the funding environment, as expected, the first half of 2012 proved challenging in replicating the order volume achieved in the first half of 2011 when ARRA funding was still in place. We saw order volume declination in each of our three operating segments; however, we did see improvement in our Learning A-Z product line within the CLT segment and our service offerings within the Voyager Learning segment led by our school turnaround product line. During the first half of 2012, we were selected as the school turnaround provider for three schools in Providence, RI and 15 schools in Indianapolis, IN. These pockets of growth are promising, but have been insufficient in offsetting the declines in overall product sales.

While the funding environment continues to pose challenges, we are optimistic that the efficacy of our solutions, the need for our products in the education market, and our product diversification will strengthen our ability to sustain market share in a troubled market and, further, capture market share as the market recovers.

Management will invest in the following activities to encourage revenue growth in the second half of 2012:

• We will continue to focus on sales force effectiveness to increase our success rate in closing significant opportunities.

• All segments will continue investments in the development and sales and marketing of online and technology enabled solutions.

• Voyager Learning will continue to expand its service offerings with particular focus on school turnaround solutions.

• We have launched and will continue to invest in initiatives to gain traction in the e-commerce marketplace.

To build a platform for long-term revenue growth we will focus on the following:

• We will invest in product development, particularly on technology enabled and online solutions. We expect the technology solutions to focus especially on student-directed learning as well as mastery-based or competency-based solutions.

• We will optimize our sales force using our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and other tools to enhance and sustain productivity and increase overall channels to market.

• We will continue our strategy to achieve growth through selective acquisitions, and in particular we will target technology-centric, adaptive, student-directed offerings. Execution of this strategy is likely to occur in fiscal year 2013 and beyond.

• Additional investments in online and e-marketing will increase the productivity of our sales, marketing and advertising efforts across all business segments.

In order to align our organization to our strategic goals and to provide savings as a means to fund the initiatives listed above, we have embarked on a series of reengineering and restructuring initiatives. The majority of the costs for these initiatives are expected to be incurred by the end of 2012 and the cost savings benefits will begin in 2012 and will provide their full benefit in 2013. Reengineering and restructuring activities are expected to include:

• Obtaining new leadership and employee skill sets that support our transformation to focus more heavily on technology solutions and services and other strategic objectives;

• Rationalizing facilities space by consolidating facilities and subleasing entire or partial facilities where feasible;

• Assessing and implementing projects to improve cost efficiencies and enhance the customer experience throughout the order to cash, service delivery, and procurement processes;

• Reduction of job positions that do not support the Company's key strategic goals; and

• Other reductions as needed to improve our cost structure.

The total expense for all reengineering and restructuring initiatives from the fourth quarter of 2011 through the end of 2012 is expected to be approximately $7.5 million, including both cash and non-cash items, and capital expenditures are expected to be between $0.6 and $0.7 million. The annual cost savings expected to be realized from all reengineering and restructuring activities is now $6.0 million in 2012 and the actions taken so far are estimated to yield 2013 savings of $11.0 million. The Company further expects to continue on this path to ultimately secure annualized savings of $15.0 million, a part of which is intended to be reinvested in critical growth areas.

Second Quarter of Fiscal 2012 Compared to the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2011



(in thousands)                                              Quarter Ended                                Year Over Year Change
                                             June 30, 2012                  June 30, 2011               Favorable/(Unfavorable)
                                                         % of                           % of
                                        Amount         Revenues         Amount        Revenues              $                %
Net revenues:
Voyager Learning                       $  21,222            52.5 %     $ 35,254            61.6 %     $     (14,032 )        (39.8 )%
Sopris Learning                            6,647            16.4 %        8,370            14.6 %            (1,723 )        (20.6 )%
Cambium Learning Technologies             12,560            31.1 %       13,567            23.7 %            (1,007 )         (7.4 )%

Total net revenues                        40,429           100.0 %       57,191           100.0 %           (16,762 )        (29.3 )%
Cost of revenues:
Voyager Learning                          10,025            24.8 %       13,947            24.4 %             3,922           28.1 %
Sopris Learning                            2,344             5.8 %        2,568             4.5 %               224            8.7 %
Cambium Learning Technologies              1,165             2.9 %        1,232             2.2 %                67            5.4 %
Shared Services                              863             2.1 %           72             0.1 %              (791 )      (1098.6 )%
Amortization expense                       6,579            16.3 %        6,844            12.0 %               265            3.9 %

Total cost of revenues                    20,976            51.9 %       24,663            43.1 %             3,687           14.9 %

Research and development expense           2,652             6.6 %        2,515             4.4 %              (137 )         (5.4 )%
Sales and marketing expense               12,041            29.8 %       12,874            22.5 %               833            6.5 %
General and administrative expense         5,061            12.5 %        5,529             9.7 %               468            8.5 %
Shipping costs                               954             2.4 %          817             1.4 %              (137 )        (16.8 )%
Depreciation and amortization
expense                                    1,591             3.9 %        1,748             3.1 %               157            9.0 %
Goodwill impairment                       14,700            36.4 %           -              0.0 %           (14,700 )       (100.0 )%
Embezzlement and related expense
(recoveries)                                  44             0.1 %           40             0.1 %                (4 )        (10.0 )%
Impairment of long-lived assets              320             0.8 %           -              0.0 %              (320 )        100.0 %

Income (loss) before interest, other
income (expense) and income taxes        (17,910 )         (44.3 )%       9,005            15.7 %           (26,915 )       (298.9 )%

Net interest expense                      (4,627 )         (11.4 )%      (4,882 )          (8.5 )%              255            5.2 %
Other income (expense), net                   37             0.1 %            2             0.0 %                35         1750.0 %
Income tax benefit (expense)                  23             0.1 %         (318 )          (0.6 )%              341          107.2 %

Net (loss) income                      $ (22,477 )         (55.6 )%    $  3,807             6.7 %     $     (26,284 )       (690.4 )%

Net Revenues.

Our total net revenues decreased $16.8 million, or 29.3%, to $40.4 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. This decrease in net revenue was driven by order volume declines in each of our business units primarily as a result of a reduction in funding available to our customers.

Voyager Learning. The Voyager Learning segment's net revenues decreased $14.0 million, or 39.8%, to $21.2 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 due to a decline in order volume.

Sopris Learning. The Sopris Learning segment's net revenues decreased $1.7 million, or 20.6%, to $6.6 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, which is attributable to reduced order volumes.

Cambium Learning Technologies. The CLT segment's net revenues decreased $1.0 million, or 7.4%, to $12.6 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 due to decreased order volume in our perpetual software and hardware product lines. Our online products showed continued order volume growth during the second quarter of 2012, but this growth was insufficient to offset the declines in the other product lines as a large portion of these sales are recognized over a subscription period.

Cost of Revenues.

Cost of revenues includes expenses to print, purchase, handle and warehouse our products, as well as order processing and royalty costs, and to provide services and support to customers. Cost of revenues, excluding amortization, decreased $3.4 million, or 19.2%, to $14.4 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily due to a reduction in order volume. Although cost of revenues declined compared to the second quarter of 2011, the reduction was not as significant as the decline in net

revenues due to several factors: a significant portion of our cost of revenues are fixed costs versus variable costs; our sales mix shifted toward higher cost service offerings; excess inventory write-downs increased compared to the second quarter of 2011; and we incurred $0.9 million of charges in connection with our reengineering and restructuring initiative.

Voyager Learning. Cost of revenues for the Voyager Learning segment decreased $3.9 million, or 28.1%, to $10.0 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily due to a reduction in order volume. Although cost of revenues declined compared to the second quarter of 2011, the reduction was not as significant as the decline in net revenues due to several factors: a significant portion of our cost of revenues are fixed costs versus variable costs; our sales mix shifted toward higher cost service offerings; and excess inventory write-downs increased compared to the second quarter of 2011.

Sopris Learning. Cost of revenues for the Sopris Learning segment decreased by $0.2 million, or 8.7%, to $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily due to a reduction in order volume.

Cambium Learning Technologies . Cost of revenues for the CLT segment decreased by $0.1 million, or 5.4%, to $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily due to a decline in order volume.

Shared Services. Cost of revenues for Shared Services for the second quarter of 2012 of $0.9 million relate to our reengineering and restructuring initiative. The charges incurred in the first half of 2011 of $0.1 million primarily related to the costs incurred to maintain our customer-facing software applications.

Amortization Expense.

Amortization expense included in cost of revenues includes amortization for acquired pre-publication costs and technology, acquired publishing rights, and developed pre-publication and technology. Amortization for the second quarter of 2012 decreased $0.3 million compared to the second quarter of 2011, or 3.9%, primarily due to the fact that a majority of our intangible assets are amortized using accelerated methodologies.

Research and Development Expense.

Research and development expenditures include costs to research, evaluate and develop educational products, net of capitalization. Research and development expense recognized in the second quarter of 2012 increased $0.1 million, or 5.4%, from the second quarter of 2011 to $2.7 million. This increase is primarily due to charges of $0.2 million related to our reengineering and restructuring efforts. Although revenues declined from the second quarter of 2011, we will maintain our research and development spending at historical levels to increase the flow of new and enhanced products.

Sales and Marketing Expense.

Sales and marketing expenditures include all costs to maintain our various sales channels, including the salaries and commissions paid to our sales force, and costs related to our advertising and marketing efforts. Sales and marketing expense for the second quarter of 2012 decreased $0.8 million, or 6.5%, from the second quarter of 2011 to $12.0 million. This decrease is primarily due to reduced employee and contractor related costs and product samples slightly offset by the $0.4 million of costs incurred in connection with our reengineering and restructuring initiative.

General and Administrative Expense.

General and administrative expenses recognized in the second quarter of 2012 decreased $0.5 million, or 8.5%, from the second quarter of 2011 to $5.1 million. This decline is primarily due to reductions in stock-based compensation expense and CVR expense offset by charges incurred in the second quarter of 2012 related to our reengineering and restructuring initiative.

Shipping and Handling Costs.

Shipping and handling costs recognized in the second quarter of 2012 increased $0.1 million, or 16.8%, from the second quarter of 2011 to $1.0 million. This increase is attributable to costs incurred to move inventory to the new warehouse as part of our reengineering and restructuring initiative partially offset by reduced shipping and handling costs from lower sales volumes.

Goodwill Impairment.

We determined during the second quarter of 2012 that the goodwill balance for the reporting unit comprising the Kurzweil and IntelliTools product lines from the CLT segment was partially impaired. As such an impairment charge of $14.7 million was recorded. The goodwill impairment charge was primarily the result of lowered forecasts of future sales for that reporting unit.

See Note 5 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our goodwill impairment review.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets.

The impairment expense recorded in the second quarter of $0.3 million relates to charges from the impairment of previously capitalized development costs that, as a result of certain actions in our restructuring and reengineering initiative were, determined to have no ongoing value.

Net Interest Expense.

Net interest expense decreased by $0.3 million, or 5.2%, to $4.6 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 primarily due to an increase in interest income on state tax receivables and an increase in interest capitalization.

Income Tax Provision.

We recorded income tax expense of ($0.1) million during the second quarter of 2012 and $0.3 million during the second quarter of 2011 for state income tax expense in states where the Company cannot file on a unitary basis. We did not record a Federal or state income tax benefit for consolidated losses incurred during either period because realization of the tax benefits from the losses is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt given the Company's recent history of cumulative losses. Therefore the increases in net deferred tax assets in the periods were offset by increases in the valuation allowance.

First Half of Fiscal 2012 Compared to the First Half of Fiscal 2011



(in thousands)                                             Six Months Ended                              Year Over Year Change
                                             June 30, 2012                  June 30, 2011               Favorable/(Unfavorable)
                                                         % of                           % of
                                        Amount         Revenues         Amount        Revenues              $                %
Net revenues:
Voyager Learning                       $  33,258            48.7 %     $ 49,946            56.8 %     $     (16,688 )        (33.4 )%
Sopris Learning                            9,859            14.4 %       12,555            14.3 %            (2,696 )        (21.5 )%
Cambium Learning Technologies             25,167            36.9 %       25,385            28.9 %              (218 )         (0.9 )%

Total net revenues                        68,284           100.0 %       87,886           100.0 %           (19,602 )        (22.3 )%
Cost of revenues:
Voyager Learning                          17,976            26.3 %       21,940            25.0 %             3,964           18.1 %
Sopris Learning                            3,660             5.4 %        4,238             4.8 %               578           13.6 %
Cambium Learning Technologies              2,497             3.7 %        2,455             2.8 %               (42 )         (1.7 )%
Shared Services                            1,430             2.1 %          153             0.2 %            (1,277 )       (834.6 )%
Amortization expense                      12,949            19.0 %       13,462            15.3 %               513            3.8 %

Total cost of revenues                    38,512            56.4 %       42,248            48.1 %             3,736            8.8 %

Research and development expense           5,984             8.8 %        4,894             5.6 %            (1,090 )        (22.3 )%
Sales and marketing expense               23,937            35.1 %       23,777            27.1 %              (160 )         (0.7 )%
General and administrative expense        10,806            15.8 %       11,341            12.9 %               535            4.7 %
Shipping costs                             1,281             1.9 %        1,151             1.3 %              (130 )        (11.3 )%
Depreciation and amortization
expense                                    3,250             4.8 %        3,484             4.0 %               234            6.7 %
Goodwill impairment                       14,700            21.5 %           -              0.0 %           (14,700 )       (100.0 )%
Embezzlement and related expense
(recoveries)                                 (41 )          (0.1 )%      (2,396 )          (2.7 )%           (2,355 )        (98.3 )%
Impairment of long-lived assets            3,111             4.6 %           -              0.0 %            (3,111 )       (100.0 )%

Income (loss) before interest, other
income (expense) and income taxes        (33,256 )         (48.7 )%       3,387             3.9 %           (36,643 )      (1081.9 )%

Net interest expense                      (9,404 )         (13.8 )%      (9,287 )         (10.6 )%             (117 )         (1.3 )%
Other income (expense), net                   73             0.1 %          365             0.4 %              (292 )        (80.0 )%
Income tax expense                          (154 )          (0.2 )%        (415 )          (0.5 )%              261           62.9 %
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